What should I do before and after studying in Australia?

What should I prepare before studying in Australia? What do you need to bring? Let me take stock of what I need to prepare for studying in Australia.

Preparation before departure:

1. Check the relevant regulations of Australian Customs.

Australia is a big island country (exactly, one country monopolizes a continent), and they are very strict about environmental protection and local biological chain protection. There are high requirements for the articles carried by the passengers entering the customs. Living animals need to go through declaration, examination and approval, quarantine and other steps. Fresh food and seed products are also strictly prohibited from being brought into Australia. If you fail to declare to the customs truthfully, you will be fined more than 220 Australian dollars on the spot after investigation, and you may be prosecuted.

2. Cash

When you leave the country, you should apply to the bank for a certificate of carrying cash with the equivalent value of more than 5,000 US dollars to 10000 US dollars, and the customs will release it with the certificate stamped by the bank. When entering the country, if you bring more than 654.38 million yuan of Australian dollars and equivalent foreign currencies, you must declare to the Australian Customs. So in general, it is best not to exceed the cash equivalent of $5,000 that you can carry with you.

3. Documentation

Passport and visa are both necessary documents for going abroad, and there is another document that students who can drive should pay attention to, that is, the use of Chinese motor vehicle driver's license in Australia. Domestic driver's license can be used in Australia, but it needs to be translated and fair by an institution designated by the Australian government. Australia drives on the left, just the opposite of China, so the driver's seat is on the right, so friends may need to adapt a little.

4. necessities of life

The season in Australia is opposite to that in China, so before choosing the clothes you need to bring, please be sure to check the local weather in Australia, and the rest of your daily necessities can be bought in Australia. Some commonly used drugs can also be carried properly. The power conversion plug is very important. The standard power plug in Australia is a three-hole flat pin, and the standard voltage is 240v/50hz, while that in China is 220v/50hz.

Preparations after arrival in Australia:

1. Financial management

After you bring cash to Australia, you should set up a bank account immediately for your own financial security and for the convenience of your family to remit money from China. Australia has five major banks to choose from: ANZ, NAB, HSBC, Western Pacific and Commonwealth. Every bank has its own unique service. So you can consult before opening an account in the bank.

Step 2 communicate

For students who have just arrived in Australia, they are more concerned about how to contact their families after arriving in Australia, and how to contact their families more economically.

Option 1: To call back from Australia, it is the cheapest to use an international long-distance phone card, and the phone card can be purchased at Tangren Store.

Option 2: sign a contract with the Australian telephone company, that is, choose the package, only pay the telephone bill every month, and get the mobile phone completely free! There are many options for signing this plan, depending on what model of mobile phone you sign and what package you choose.

Australian local telephone companies include Vodafone, Optus, 3G, Telstra and Virgin. You can choose a telephone company according to your own needs.

travel

There are several kinds of public transport in Australia: trains, trams, buses, taxis and ferries. You can take a bus card (Opal, GO or Myki, depending on the city, the bus card used is different), or you can buy an annual bus ticket, a monthly ticket, a weekly ticket or a one-day round-trip ticket. Of course, students with private cars can skip this step.

Practical Tips for Sydney Opal Bus Card: Here, Aojiao tries to sum it up in the simplest and clearest words: As long as you have the Opal Card, you can swipe it 8 times a week (no matter how far the one-way distance is, the interval between each two times is not less than 1 hour), and how many times you take the bus in the same week is free! In addition, even if you don't take it eight times, you can get an Opaca car every week, no matter how far or near, only 2.50 dollars.

China driver's license can be used in Australia. The driver's license can be translated and notarized in China and used in Australia, or it can be directly translated by the local RTA (Transportation Bureau) and directly driven. The cost is about $50 (subject to the latest official data).

stay behind

There are several forms of accommodation in Australia:

1) Host family: Living with a local family has many advantages. Someone can help cook and practice oral English. However, students who choose this kind of accommodation should respect the landlord's habits, ask clearly before acting, and try not to go home late. Diet should also adapt to the living habits of host families.

2) Student accommodation: It is very different from that in China. There are few dormitory resources in Australian universities, so it is difficult to apply and the management is not very strict. Generally, they are independent bedrooms, sharing public facilities, which are close to schools or shopping centers, so the price is more expensive.

3) sharing: sharing with classmates or friends will have less burden and greater freedom. If you rent a house from an intermediary, you must pay attention to the appointment, don't break the contract, find the shared tenants to know each other and try to be close friends. If you need to buy furniture for an empty house, you can look at weekend newspapers and school advertising columns. Many places sell second-hand furniture every weekend. Accommodation is basically calculated on a weekly basis, and a deposit of 2-4 weeks is required. Generally, the money is paid first and then checked in. Remember to ask for the receipt and contract, and learn the details carefully.

Students who can afford to buy a house should also automatically ignore this one. ...

5. Documentation

After coming to Australia, there are many places that need to use ID at any time. For example, when you go to a bar, when you buy cigarettes in the supermarket, or when the police uncle has a crush on you. . . It is not wise to run around with a passport. Once the passport is lost or damaged, it will be very troublesome to reissue it. Therefore, students can apply for identity cards that can replace passports, such as adult age proof cards (known as 18+ cards in Jianghu), Australian driver's licenses, international driver's licenses and so on.

6. Time difference

Australia was originally divided into three time zones. Eastern Standard Time (AEST), including New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania, Asia and Queensland, is 2 hours away from Beijing (fast).

In Canberra Capital Region, New South Wales and Victoria, Daylight Saving Time (DST) is implemented on the 1 Sunday of1every year-the first Sunday of April of the following year, which is 3 hours later than Beijing.

Freshmen's admission

The orientation week of Australian universities is the orientation week for freshmen. During this week or so, each school will arrange special teaching staff to lead freshmen to familiarize themselves with the campus and arrange activities such as registration, registration and elective courses for freshmen. What should I do if I'm new here and I'm worried that I'm not ready? Don't worry, the following are carefully summarized enrollment strategies for freshmen, hoping to help children's shoes integrate into study and life in Australia faster and better.

Looking for a student center

On the first day of school, the first thing to go to is the student center, because there is everything you need-school map, course manual, O-week course schedule, computer that allows you to register for courses, and most importantly, volunteers. Most of these volunteers are students at school, and they can answer any new student registration questions you encounter. And many intimate schools will arrange students from different countries, so don't worry about poor English!

School travel

After going to the student center, the school will organize freshmen to visit the school, mainly to introduce the facilities and related functions in the school. This process takes about 1 hour. You just have to follow the people. It's just that people don't raise flags

Registration and course selection

The computer application level of Australian universities is very high, and many learning-related services can be realized on the computer network. Generally speaking, freshmen need to go to the school in person to register, and the professional guidance teacher will help them register. Therefore, everyone should book their own time to register for school online.

On the day of school registration, you should bring your passport, visa and eCOE, and the staff of the student center will authenticate your identity. After the authentication is completed, you can get a small note with your student number and all kinds of information passwords. With this note, your registration journey begins.

Online registration includes several contents:

1. Enter students' basic information, such as home address, especially address and communication method in Australia;

2. Choose courses, which is an important part of registration. Students should choose the courses they want to take this semester. At the end of the registration process, the system will automatically generate your email address and tell you your email user name and password. This username and password is also the username and password you need to enter when surfing the Internet at school. It is very important that you can use it to surf the Internet at school. The user name and password cannot take effect immediately, and students can use them after 24 hours.

The whole registration process system has been arranged, you just need to follow the screen prompts step by step. The whole online registration will be over in about half an hour.

Note: In the future, all registration, course selection, course change and course withdrawal will be conducted through the school online system. Your basic information and contact information, various courseware, exam results, exam arrangements, payment and so on can also be found in the school system. So be sure to be familiar with the school system.

In addition, the school has set up an internet mailbox for each student, which is usually your student number or name+school mailbox suffix. In the future, all kinds of official notices between classmates, schools and teachers will be communicated through this email.

Generally speaking, the orientation and enrollment of Australian universities are generally carried out about one week before the start of school. Therefore, international students should pay special attention to the deadline for registration, and must make full advance when applying for schools and visas. If you really can't get to school on time, you must inform the school in advance and arrange registration and admission.

Various student group activities and welcome parties

The school has arranged some orientation activities for freshmen, including tea parties organized by the school and orientation activities arranged by different colleges or departments themselves. Recruitment activities of student organizations and interest groups will also be held in the orientation week. At the same time, you can find friends, gay friends and ...

After entering school

After the successful admission, the real challenge began. Tuition in Australian universities is not cheap. Any course costs thousands of Australian dollars, and at least 10 thousand dollars, so you'd better make some preparations before the class starts. So, don't fail, you can't afford it. . .

Make learning plans

Studying abroad is different from studying at home. You can freely choose the course time set by the school. No teacher will force students to study. All teachers just provide students with a knowledge framework. As for knowledge itself, it needs self-study after class, which requires a strong sense of learning. The school's evaluation of students' performance is based on the comprehensive evaluation of students' attendance, final exam results, usual homework, in-class performance and participation in extracurricular practice. Students must not have the idea of cramming temporarily.

Before the first class, most teachers will give you an outline of this course, which indicates the homework, teaching content and examination information of this course. Teachers in Australian universities will upload the materials and PPT needed for class to the internal teaching system of the school in advance before class. One of the mobile phone softwares is called Blackboard. Just enter your school name, your name, student number and password, and you can read the information of all the courses in it.

Take an active part in various activities.

Children's shoes that just came to Australia don't know the local laws, regulations and cultural customs in Australia. Participating in various local activities and making new friends can help you better understand the local customs and integrate into Australia as soon as possible.

Employment prospects in Australia

Due to the preparation of immigration and employment, we usually choose a relatively scarce major that can be immigrated (that is, the major on the list of vocational and technical immigrants). At present, the popular immigration majors are accounting, IT and nursing. But this list changes every year, so keep an eye on the latest policies.